'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1896-97'

Annual administration report of the Bombay Presidency, providing a summary record of the main events and developments in each department of the Government of Bombay during the financial year 1896-97. The report was printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay [Mumbai], in 1897. The report is divided into three parts. Part I contains a report 'SUMMARY' (ff 8-30). Part II (ff 31-160) comprises chapters I-IX. Part III comprises 'Statistical Returns' pertaining to chapters I-VII and IX (ff 191-381). PART II comprises the following:. 'CHAPTER I. TRIBUTARY STATES (ff 32-48), consisting of: North Gujarát; South Gujarát; North Konkan; South Konkan; Dakkhan [Deccan]; Southern Marátha States; Sind [Sindh] State; Aden; 'CHAPTER II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND (ff 49-53), consisting of: Surveys; Settlement; Collection of Land Revenue; Waste Land; Government Estates; Wards' and Other Estates under Management of Government; 'CHAPTER III. PROTECTION. (ff 54-73), consisting of: Course of Legislation; Police; Vagrants; Destruction of wild animals and venomous snakes; Chemical Analysis; Criminal Justice; Prisons; Civil Justice; Registration; Local Boards' Administration; Municipal Administration; Military; Marine; Indus Conservancy and Sea Pilot Department; 'CHAPTER IV. PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION' (ff 74-127), consisting of: Agriculture; Weather and Crops; Horticulture; Forests; Mines and Quarries; Manufactures and Industries; Trade; Postal; Public Works; Railways; Telegraphs; Post Office; Irrigation. Folio 79 comprises a table of graphs showing 'Monthly abnormal variations of the meteorological elements in 1896-1897'; 'CHAPTER V. REVENUE AND FINANCE' (ff 128-142), consisting of: General Finance; Mint; Currency; Land Revenue; Public Works Revenue; Sea Customs; Land Customs; Opium; Salt; Excise; Cotton Duties; Stamps; Income Tax; Local Funds; Municipal Revenues; 'CHAPTER VI. VITAL STATISITICS' (ff 143-151), consisting of: Births and Deaths; Emigration; Medical Relief; Lunatic Asylums [psychiatric hospitals]; Sanitation; Vaccination; Veterinary Dispensaries; 'CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTION' (ff 151-158), consisting of: Education; Literature and the Press; Literary Societies; Arts and Science; 'CHAPTER VIII. ARCHAEOLOGY' (f 159); 'CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS' (ff 159-160), consisting of: Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction; Stationery; General Miscellaneous; The report includes the following maps, showing hydrology, topography, settlements, roads, railways and administrative boundaries:. 'GREAT INIDIAN PENINSULA RAILWAY COMPANY' (f 114); 'B. B. & C. I. RAILWAY [Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]. (Including the Rajputana Malwa Railway) and LINES of Railways in Connection.' (f 115); 'MAP OF THE SOUTHERN MAHRATTA RAILWAY. AND ADJACENT LINES' (f 116); 'RAILWAYS IN KATHIAWAR' (f 117); A table of contents listing the headings and sub-headings of the report is on folios 5-7. In a small number of instances, there are discrepancies in the spelling, phrasing or inclusion of sub-headings between the table of contents and the body of the report. In these cases, the sub-heading as it appears in the body of the report is included above.

The report contains a table of contents listing headings and sub-headings.

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